Associate Director, Tax Counsel

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The Associate Tax Director, Tax Counsel provides tax strategy, planning, and execution on a global scale. You will be part of a close-knit, growing team at a New York City location and collaborate closely with various business stakeholders in a fast-paced and dynamic environment to ensure that our tax initiatives align with our company goals and support our global growth.

Major Duties & Responsibilities:

• Analyze, develop, and implement global tax planning strategies consistent with corporate tax objectives and company strategic vision.
• Provide comprehensive tax advice and assistance for tax structuring, planning, analysis, and recommendations.
• Advise and partner with tax, corporate, and other stakeholders across the company, including finance, business development, legal, HR, core business, and other departments, on tax efficient and compliant operations and understand business needs and objectives.
• Provide tax-efficient cash management planning advice, working closely with treasury team.
• Analyze tax issues for various restructuring, M&A, integration planning and execution including legal entity restructuring, cross-border transactions, licensing, collaboration, and other strategic transactions in multiple jurisdictions.
• Provide tax risk and opportunity advice and modeling for the company’s ongoing and new business development initiatives.
• Drive effective foreign country tax planning.
• Work in a team of other lawyers and paralegal and partner with outside consultants where needed.
• Coordinate with tax compliance and provision functions to ensure proper reporting of transactions.
• Monitor and analyze federal, state, and foreign legislative, regulatory and judicial developments and changes for impacts to the company, risks opportunities and recommendations and ensure adequate and efficient compliance.
• Assisting in federal, state and local, and foreign tax controversies.

Required Skills:

• J.D., bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance is a plus, with LL.M preferred.
• 4 years corporate tax experience, preferably at a law firm and/or corporate tax department; can include relevant big 4 accounting firm experience.
• Foundation in federal corporate income tax analysis, particularly subchapter C, M&A, subpart F (including substantial contribution analysis), foreign tax credit planning, and transfer pricing.
• Well-rounded expertise in global operations, US and international tax issues, international tax planning, transfer pricing, and cross-border M&A.
• Strong tax accounting background preferred.
• Strong organizational, analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills with proven ability to solve multidimensional problems creatively.
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks in fast-paced environment.
• Business oriented with desire and ability to collaborate cross functionally across the company.
• Be proactive in identifying tax issues, forming and proposing solutions, and implementing projects.

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On-site Protocol
Physical presence at the BMS worksite or physical presence in the field is a necessary job function of this role, which the Company deems critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, employee well-being and engagement, and it enhances the Company culture.

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